Companies in the advanced air mobility (AAM) sector aim to revolutionize the way people and cargo move around by introducing new modes of air transportation that are more efficient, sustainable, and accessible than ever before. While technological developments and regulatory approval are the focus of these companies’ efforts to get new aircraft to market, those efforts will be futile if they do not successfully engage with the communities in which their aircraft will operate, according to a member of the FAA’s Advanced Aviation Advisory Committee (AAAC).
“One of the most important things that we can do as an industry and the FAA is to engage with our communities because, without that engagement with communities, none of our operations will happen,” Kenji Sugahara, president and CEO of Drone Service Providers Alliance and a member of the AAAC subcommittee on community engagement, said during an AAAC meeting on April 26.
